Phang Nga province

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Phang Nga (Thai: พังงา, pronounced [pʰāŋ.ŋāː]) is one of the southern provinces (Changwat) of Thailand, on the shore of the Andaman Sea to the west and Phang Nga Bay to the south. Neighbouring provinces, from north and moving clockwise, are Ranong, Surat Thani, and Krabi. Towards the south of Phang Nga is the Phuket province, connected by the Sarasin Bridge. Rock art and cave pictographs in the province reach back several thousand years, and the river mouth at Takua Pa carried a port trading in Chinese and Persian wares in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Andaman coast was among the areas worst hit by the tsunami of 2004. Six national parks lie within the province.

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